Head equipment for barrels



H. U. RUEDY.

HEAD EQUIPMENT FOR BARRELS.

APPLICATION FILED APII. II,` 1919.

l ,35 3, 1 83. Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

lUNITED STATES HENRY ULRICH RUEDY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO. v

HEAD EQUIPMENT lFOR BARRELS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept- 21, 1920.

Application filed April 11, 1919. Serial No. 289,449.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY U. RUEDY, citizen of the United States, residin at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and `tate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head Equipments for Barrels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,'and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a head equipment for barrels, and has for its object to provide an equipment of the kind whereby the head is made readily attachable to and detachable from the body of the barrel, and when attached is adapted to be securely locked against detachment, and that may be practically proof against leakage, when attached to barrels used for liquid.

'A further object is to provide an equipment of the kind that is adapted to be used either with wooden or metallic barrels.

I accomplish these objects by the present invention which consists of the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of the head and chime in locked position, and showing the locking mechanism in unlocked position by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 isl a diagrammatic section of the same on line 2 2 of Fig. 1,

Fig 3 is a plan view of the inner side of the locking disk;

' Fig. 4 is a .diametrical section of the same on line 3/-g/ of Fig. 3; y

A Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section of a fragment of the chime;

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic .section ,of a modified form of head and chime in which the chime is integral with the head; and

Fig. 7 is anenlarged cross section of a portion of the modified form of head and chime shown in Fig. ,6.

` 'In the drawings, 1 designates an annular chime formed of sheet metal, and 2 ahead or disk formed of sheet metal of a diameter to lit concentrically on the chime 1.

The chime 1 is formed of an elongatedsheet metal blank or strip of suitable width and length, having one longitudinal marginal portion rolled on itself to form a bead 3. (Fig. 5.)

The remaining portion is then bent centrally to form a strip U-shaped in cross section, comprising the parallel portions 4; and

5r connected by the portion 6, which lattery varies according tothe thickness of the chime of the barrel upon which the chime 1 is mounted. v.After being bent in the form described the strip is bent in a circle, with the ends abutting, whereby the chime 1 withthe bead 3 concentric within the portion 1' is adapted to be pushed down onto the chime 01"' the barrel with the portion t and the bead 3 within, and the portion 5 around the periphery of the barrel chime. I

Thus formed,the chime 1 when mounted on the chime of a metal barrel, may be secured thereto eitherI by welding or riveting, or iI" mounted on the chime of a wooden barrel,.by riveting. Y

So mounted the bead 3 Jforms a seat for the head 2, the rim portion of which at the inner side is made concave to fit over and coincide with the top portion of the bead 3.

The head 2 when seated onthe bead 3 is detachably secured thereon, within the chime 1, as follows At regular intervals, portions of the chime 1 are provided with squared openings 7 to receive the beveled end portions 8 of the radial lock bars 9, which bars are loosely mounted on the head 2 and are longitudinally movable through rthe bracket loops 10 secured to the head 2. The openings -7 register with square sockets Jformed in the chimevof the barrel upon which the chime 1 is mounted. v

Centrally of the head 2 there is rotatably mounted thereon by the pivot bolt 11 extending through a journaled sleeve 12 and a bolthole 13 in the head, and secured by a nut 14 and a washer 15 engaging the inner side of the head 2, a cup or .flanged locking disk 16. Radially opposite each lock bar 9 the flanged disk 16 is provided with a recess 17, and in line with each recess the main body of the disk is provided on the inner face with a pin socket 18, to receive 'i 22, adapted, when the handle 21 is brought parallel with the head 2 with the lock bars 9 radial on the bead 3, (as shown in full lines inv Fig. 1) to receive the locking lug 23, projecting from one of the lock bars, as 9, and located where the handle 21 in such position crosses above the bar 9a. The outer end portion of the lug 28 is pierced to receive the bail, and a padlock (not shown).

lhen the handle 21 is raised to a position at right angles to the disk 16, it may be used to turn the disk a distance in either of two opposite directions on the bolt 11, as limited by the pivotal movement of the bars 9 in the recesses 17 of the disk 16; it being understood that one side of each recess 17 is parallel with a radial line central through the recess, and that the opposite side is cut away at an angle to the other, which allows the turning of the disk 16 on its pivot bolt in one direction by the handle 21 to move the lock bars 9 from the unlocked position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and in the opposite direction to move the lock bars radially outward into their raidal positions, shown in full lines in Fig. 1, in which positions opposite sides of the recesses 17 are in engagement with opposite sides of the bars 9 and prevent further rotary movement of the disk 16 in that direction.

Vlhen the barrel is to be used as a package for liquids, by interposing suitable packing between the head 2 and the bead 3 the head will be liquid tight, when the head 2 is seated and compressed thereon by the lock bars 9.

1n Figs. 6 and 7 are illustrated a modified form of my invention in which the head 2TL is formed integral therewith and chime 1a by which the head 2a is mounted on the chime of a barrel.

The head 2l is shown mounted by its chime 1 on a chime of a barrel formed of sheet metal, in which the chime 24 is formed of a triple flat fold of a marginal portion of the sheet of which the body 25 of the barrel is formed and which is shown in F ig. 6 (in the main broken away).

The disk 16 of the head 1a is also provided with a handle 21, and oney of the bars 9L is provided with a locking lug 23 by which the handle is locked against raising when the lock bars 9 are projected into the openings of the chime 1a and the sockets of the chime 24 registering therewith, and the operation of projecting the bars 9 therein is adapted to compress the top portion 6L of the chime 1fL onto the corresponding end portion of the chime 24, in like manner as the concave portion of the rim of the head 2 is compressed in the bead 3 of the chime 1.

By the construction shown and described I have provided a head equipment of economical and simple construction, for both metal and wooden barrels, that is readily attached and detached, and that when attached may be securely locked against detachment.

Inconstructing the chime 1 for wooden barrels the space between the portions 4 and 5 is increased to receive the chimes of increased thickness of barrels of that kind, and preferably after mountingv the chime 1 on any barrel chime, the portions 4 and 5 are compressed closely against the barrel chime by any suitable means, but preferably by passing the chime 1 after being mounted on a barrel chime between compressing rollers. j

Vhat I claim to be new is 1. A means for locking a barrel head comprising a crank mounted on the center of said head, crank rods extending when substantially radial from said crank into apertures in the chime of said barrel, means for alining said crank rods, a handle pivotally mounted on said crank, the said handle performing` the triple function of being a means for lifting said cover, of turning said crank, and of locking said crank from turning.

2. A means for locking a barrelhead comprising a disk crank mounted on the center of said head, crank rods extending when substantially radial into apertures in they chime of said barrel, means for alining said crank rods, a handle pivotally mounted on said disk crank, the said handle mounting comprising pivots diametrically opposed on said crank disk the said handle having an eye therein and one of said crank rods having a projection to engage Vin said-eye in locking relation when the crank is turned so that the rods engage in the aperturesin said chimes.

3. A lock comprising a bolt, eccentric means for shifting saidbolt into and out of locking relation, a handle for turning said eccentric, an eye on said handle, a boss on said bolt positioned to protrude through said eye when said bolt is in locking position and to hold said bolt in locking position. Y

4. A lock comprising a bolt on one member to be locked, means for receiving the said bolt on another member in locking thetwo said members, eccentric means for shifting said bolt into and out of locking relation, means movable relative to said eccentric means for turning said eccentric means, means upon said bolt for engaging said turning means to hold said bolt in locking relation.

5. A lock comprising a bolt on one member to be locked, means for receiving said bolt on another member in lockingthe two said members, eccentric means for shifting said bolt into and out of locking relation, means for turning said eccentric, means upon said bolt for engaging'saidturning means to hold said bolt in locking relation, said eccentric means being a disk carrying crank pins, and said means for turning said eccentric being a handle pivotally mounted on said disk.

6. In a chime and head equipment for barrels, a lock Jfor holding said head to said chime comprising a bolt on said head, means on said chime Jfor receiving said bolt in locking the said head and chime together, eccentric means for shifting said bolt into and out of locking relation, means for turning said eccentric, and means upon said bolt for engaging said turning means to hold said bolt in locking relation, said eccentric means being a disk carrying crank pins, and said means for turning said eccentric being a handle pivotally mounted on said disk.

7. In a chime and head equipment for i barrels, a lock for holding said head to said chime comprising a plurality of bolts on said head, means on said chime for receiving said bolts in locking said head and chime together, eccentric means .for shifting said bolt into and out of locking relation, means for turning said eccentric means, and means upon one of said bolts for engaging said bolt in locking relation, said eccentric means being a disk carrying crank pins, and said means for turning said eccentric being a handle piyotally mounted on said disk by tWo diametrically opposed pivots. on said disk, said handle having an eye adapted to engage a projection from one of said bolts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY ULRICH RUEDY. 

